Into the Fire

An isolated Alaskan fishing village is torn apart by a morals controversy when the mayor's wife walks naked through town in a desperate attempt to get the attention of her philandering husband. This humorous and poetic drama explores awakening, rebirth and small
town life in a style that has a been described as magical realism with
an Alaskan twist.

Settings Of Play - Inside and outside the Blue Moon Lodge in a remote Alaskan fishing town. The locations called for include: the public area of the lodge; the hot springs bathhouse; the porch of the lodge; and the path outside of the lodge. This can be accomplished with a unit set that contains multiple settings or with a bare stage.

An isolated Alaskan fishing village is torn apart by a morals controversy when the mayor's wife walks naked through town in a desperate attempt to get the attention of her philandering husband. At the height of the crisis a mysterious man is washed ashore, setting the community on fire in more than one way. This humorous and poetic drama explores awakening, rebirth and small town life in a style that has a been described as magical realism with an Alaskan twist.

Into the Fire has been presented in staged readings and workshop productions at: The National Playwright's Conference (The O’Neill); Australian Playwrights Conference; Banff Playwright’s Centre; Charlotte Repertory Theatre’s New Play Festival; Urban Stages (NYC) and Brown University's New Play Festival. It was written under fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alaska State Council on the Arts.

Deborah Brevoort is the author of numerous plays and musicals, including The Women of Lockerbie, which won the silver medal in the Onassis International Playwriting competition and the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award. It was produced off-Broadway, in London at the Orange Tree Theatre, at the Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles, and is currently being produced and published around the ... view full profile